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Infographic showing how scientists hack the locust brain to identify the unique odor signatures of oral cancers
Infographic: Scents and Sense-Abilities
Scientists hack the locust brain to identify the unique odor signatures of oral cancers.
Infographic: Scents and Sense-Abilities
Infographic: Scents and Sense-Abilities

Scientists hack the locust brain to identify the unique odor signatures of oral cancers.

Scientists hack the locust brain to identify the unique odor signatures of oral cancers.

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Vector image of swarming locusts in a field
Scents and Sense-Abilities: Using Bug Brainpower to Smell Cancer
Iris Kulbatski, PhD | Dec 12, 2022 | 4 min read
Scientists use locust brains as living biosensors to perform cancer cell breath tests.
A desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) on sand
Genome Spotlight: Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
Christie Wilcox, PhD | Jul 21, 2022 | 4 min read
A chromosome-scale genome sequence for this infamous agricultural pest could help mitigate its plagues.
Genome Digest
Abby Olena, PhD | Feb 6, 2014 | 5 min read
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Gut Microbes Prevent Locust Swarms
Jef Akst | Jan 15, 2014 | 2 min read
Migratory locusts are less likely to aggregate into crop-devastating swarms when infected by the parasite Paranosema locustae.
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